My most sincere thanks to the author(s) for “Why Not” section. This level of self awareness and transparency makes me so happy; it takes so much guess work and unnecessary back and forth out of the discourse. Again - kudos!
In my opinion, this is the way forward. You cannot convince anyone that does frontend stuff to even try, or EVEN switch to this. We have to prove that this is a viable option, WASM is a viable way, WASM is actually more efficient etc. there are benchmarks and targeted studies... it just seems that browser vendors and devs haven't catched up yet
HTML & CSS is a viable option. HTML is actually more efficient. There are benchmarks and studies, yet they are not needed, as the difference is apparent.
Must we cede control of user agents to random third parties, loading and executing ever more obfuscated, inaccessible, bloated and hostile code? AFAICT, most of the coded loaded in a typical browser serves a user-hostile purpose.
Do you think wasm support should be mandatory for random web pages? Do you think it will not be used to shove even more bloated, hostile etc code? Will it not be used to circumvent/prevent adblockers etc? Do I need to link to a study showing most wasm is used in a hostile manner?
IMO, wasm is a net-negative on the web. Even though it does have significant good uses. It should be (or should have been) opt-in for specific pages that have a good use for it.
So often people get emotional about languages and frameworks. They’re tools, and tools have trade offs. The “Why Not” section recognizes that. Super impressive.
